Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel said there is international interest in investing in Cuba beyond the United States, while defending the economic reforms promoted by his government amid the country’s ongoing economic crisis and decades-long U.S. embargo.
In an exclusive interview with RT, Díaz-Canel said the reforms are essential to modernize Cuba’s socialist model but stressed they should not deepen social inequality.
“It is not acceptable for us that the implementation of these transformations creates a wider gap in inequality,” he said.
The Cuban leader argued that the island is facing what he described as an intensified U.S. pressure campaign, including an “energy blockade,” which he said has worsened shortages and affected productive sectors.
Díaz-Canel also stated that foreign companies have withdrawn from Cuba due to U.S. pressure, while insisting that the government remains focused on attracting investment from multiple countries, not only the United States.
The Cuban president accused Washington of applying a policy of “maximum pressure” against the island and reiterated his government’s position that dialogue is preferable to confrontation between the Cuban and American peoples.
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